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Heavy-Duty Wheelchair, Detachable Arms, Elevating Legrests

California rates for HCPCS E1280

Heavy-duty wheelchair, detachable arms (desk or full-length) elevating legrests

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Heavy-Duty Wheelchair, Detachable Arms, Elevating Legrests cost?

$776

Typical negotiated rate. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $776 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,000 from a physician practice, and about $513 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,000$589 to $1,023
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$138 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $105 to $1,259Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $513 to $1,585
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $513professional $1,000

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$794.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$524.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,862.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$208.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,380.38
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$380.19
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$190.55
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,819.70
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$3,388.44

Where California sits

The same service costs 12.6 times more in North Dakota than in Mississippi. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

California· 32nd of 51

$776

ND $2,089MS $166

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.